Pedestal-table.



PEDESTAL TABLE.

APPLIQATION FILED APR.1o,19os.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEioE.

PEDESTAL-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1906.

Application filed April 10, 1903. Serial No. 152,020.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. DAvIs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pedestal-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in pedestal-tables; and the invention consists in the mechanism and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide suitable means for adjusting and retaining in position the two parts of the pedestal-table, so as to prevent an opening between the two parts at the bottom; second, to furnish means for retaining the bottom or bases of the pedestal in horizontal alinement, third, to furnish a cheap and convenient means for adjustably securing the two parts of the pedestal to the table, as more fully described hereinafter.

These objects I accomplish by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichd Figure 1 shows an inverted plan view of the table constructed in accordance with my invention, with the foot of lthe pedestal removed. Fig. 2 shows a'sectional view on the line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows, on an enlarged scale, a detail of the bridge-block, bridge, and one section of the pedestal; also my preferred means for attaching the bridge to the bridge-block, so that the same may be adjusted by means of the adjusting mechanism.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A A represent the two parts or sections of the pedestal, which pedestal is provided with a footor base L, constructed in the ordinary manner. Each section of the pedestal at its upper end is securely attached by any suitable means to the bridge.

E shows the bridge, and F shows the bridge-block.

C is a fulcrum-screw having at its upper end a flat surface adapted to press upon the plate D, the plate D being secured in any suitable manner to the bridge-block. This screw C forms a fulcrum over which the bridge is slightly tilted. Any suitable fulcrum may be used.

B and B are coach-screws which pass through the bridge and into the bridge-block F, the coachscrew B engaging at the part most remote from the pedestal. These screws B and B are provided with screwthreads, so as to engage preferably both with the bridge and bridge-block, although they might be constructed so as to engage only with the bridge-block.

I represents the table-top constructed in any suitable manner.

F represents the extension-slides.

I-I represents braces used for the purpose of giving greater rigidity between the pedestal and the bridges. These braces, however, may be dispensed with.

The bridge E, connected as above described, has a slightly tilting motion, and the operation of the invention is as follows: If it is desirable to tilt the sections of the pedestal inward, the coach-screw B is loosened, the screw C forms a fulcrum, and the coachscrew B is tightened, which will tilt the pedestal-sections toward each other, so as to bring the bottoms in very close contact. In Fig. 3 I have shown rthe tilting in an exaggerated form in order that the operation may be more plainly understood. If it is desirable to tilt the sections outwardly, then the screw B is loosened and the screw B is tightened. This construction allows not only the base or the bottom of the pedestal to be pressed close together, but allows for a slight adjustment laterally of both the pedestalsections, so that the lower rim of the pedestal maybe adjusted to a perfect horizontal plane.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to have invented, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with a tabletop of a bridge-block secured thereto, a bridge secured to the bridge-block by two screws passing through the bridge into the bridge-block, a fulcrum between said fastening-screws, said fastening -screws and fulcrum so adjusted that the bridge may be tilted on said fulcrum, and pedestal-sections securely attached to the said bridges, substantially as described.

2. A pedestal extension-table comprising top sections and extension devices connecting the same, a two-part pedestal, bridgeblocks secured to each of the top sections, a bridge attached to the bridge-blocks of each section and to each of the sections of the pedestal, attaching means between each of said bridges and its bridge-blocks adapted to permit of a slight angu ar movement of the ped- IOO IIO

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estal-section with respect to the top section to which it is attached, and a set-screw mounted on and extending through the bridge and engaging one of the adjoining and immediately-attached elements for adjustably tilting the pedestal-section with respect to the top section.

' 3. A pedestal extension-table comprising top sections and extension devices connecting the same, a two-part pedestal, bridgeblocks secured to each of the top sections, a bridge attached to the bridge-blocks of each section and to each ofthe sections of the pedestal, attaching means between each of said -bridges and its bridge-blocks adapted to permit of a slight angular movement of the pedestal-section with respect to the top section to which it is attached, a metal plate secured upon one of the elements adjoining and immediately attached to one of said bridges, and a set-screw mounted on and extendin through the bridge and bearing against sai metal plate, whereby the pedestal-section may be tilted adjustably with respect to the top section.

4. In an extension-table, in combination with a sectional top, extension -supports therefor, and a sectional pedestal, of bridgeblocks secured to each of the top sections, a bridge secured to each of the pedestal-sections, attaching means extending through the bridges and engaging the bridge-blocks for loose y connecting the pedestal with the table-top and to permit of a slight an ular movement of the pedestal-sections wit respect to the sections of the top, and means extending through the bridges and engaging the bridge-blocks for tilting the pedestal-sections with respect to the sections of the top.

5. In an extension-table, in combination with a sectional top, extension -supports therefor, and a sectional pedestal, of bridgeblocks secured to each of the sections of the top, a bridge secured to each of the pedestalsections, attaching means extending through the brid es and engaging the bridge-blocks for loose y connecting the pedestal with the table-top and to permit of a slight an ular movement of the pedestal-sections wit respect to the sections of the top, and adjustable means extending through the bridges and engaging the bridge-blocks for adj ustably tilting the pedestal-sections with respect to the sections of the top.

In testimony whereolZ I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE A. DAVIS.

Witnesses EDWARD TAGGART, MARY ,S. Tooxnn. 

